Tomato pepper chutney
Pepper flavoured tomato chutney, pairs well with Idli Dosa
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 2 Tomato
- 3 red chili
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp urad dal
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 3 tsp oil
- A small piece tamarind
- 2 tbsp coconut
- 3 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- Few curry leaves
- 2 small onions (optional)
Instructions
- 1
In a pan add 3 tsp oil and add the urad dal, red chili, black pepper, garlic cloves and tamarind.
- 2
Saute till the dal turns golden brown.
- 3
Take it out and keep it aside.
- 4
In the same pan add roughly chopped tomato,
- 5
Saute this till it becomes soft. Add salt to this and mix well.
- 6
Take out and cool. Transfer this to a mixie jar and add 2 tbsp of coconut.
- 7
Grind this into a smooth paste.
- 8
Transfer this to a bowl.
- 9
Temper mustard seeds and curry leaves in 2 tsp sesame oil.
- 10
Add this to the chutney.
- 11
You can finely chop 2 small onion and temper in 1 tsp of oil, till golden brown and add to the chutney.
- 12
This step is optional but it gives a nice texture and crunchiness to the chutney.
- 13
Alternatively you can temper with thalippu vadagam too.
- 14
Mix well.
- 15
Add water to adjust the consistency of the chutney.
- 16
Mix well and serve with idli, dosa, kuzhipaniyaram or with chapati too.